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Clinical Vision Lab Research


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Confocal micrograph of Cone mitochrondia - NIHR IMage Library

Development of a patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for patients with inherited optic neuropathy (ION) [ION-PROM .

Study Team: Benson Chen, Patrick Yu Wai Man

Collaborators: Stephanie Archer (Cambridge), Valerija Tadić (Greenwich), Mike Horton (Leeds), Tasanee Braithwaite (Kings), Konrad Pesudovs (Sydney), Robert Pitceathley (UCL)

CCMR image of a brain in cross-section

A phase IIa, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the ability of the combination of metformin and clemastine to promote remyelination in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis already on disease modifying therapy. Study Team: Nick Cunniffe, Chris McMurran, Will Brown, Alasdair Coles

The aim of the IIH Intervention study is to compare dural venous sinus stenting (DVSS) with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting in terms of effectiveness to prevent sight loss.

• Study Team: Collaboration between the Neurosurgeon, Dr Alexis Joannides and the University of Birmingham team.

Model of a brain

An observation study Assessing Remyelinating Measures with the Objective of Understanding Repair in multiple sclerosis and in demyelinating conditions of the central nervous system.

Study Team: Gioia Riboni Verri, Jonathon Holland, Alasdair Coles, Nick Cunniffe, Riddhima Gautam

Photograph of some equipment in the Vision Lab

An observational Outcomes Research study in Inherited Optic Neuropathies to determine the natural history of inherited optic neuropathies and identify novel biomarkers of disease.

• Study Team: Benson ChenXuehao CuiRahul MakamPatrick Yu Wai ManRiddhima Gautam

Photograph of blood vessels in an eye

Assessing Huntington’s Disease patients for ophthalmological abnormalities as a measure of disease stage.

• Study Team: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, Roger Barker

An Open-label Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, and Exposure of Single Ascending Doses of the Antisense Oligonucleotide STK-002 in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy.

• Study Team: Patrick Yu Wai ManRiddhima Gautam, Rahul Makam, David Wong

Previous studies

  • Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC-DS) Study: Observational study to identify biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down’s syndrome.
  • SPRINGER: Studying progressive remyelination in nerves by grading electrophysiological recovery
    • Study Team: Nick Cunniffe, Chris McMurran, Trisha Mukherjee, Will Brown, Alasdair Coles
  • PROSPAX: Understanding the progression over time of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), ataxia and related conditions.
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